The World’s Scariest Runway?

The Matekane Air Strip in the mountainous African nation of Lesotho is used mostly by aid agencies and bush pilots. And for good reason. Anybody who doesn’t have to fly into or take off from that runway wouldn’t choose to do it.

At the end of the extremely short runway, airplanes drop off the edge of a 2,000-foot cliff. They haven’t had enough time to get airborne at that point, so they fall until they gain enough speed to start moving and pull up.

(Source: Travel and Leisure)

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